as someone who nearly died at 22 due to serious health issues, society’s obsession with youth and hatred of the signs of aging really gargles my goyles. not everyone gets to grow old, it’s such a privilege and yet we treat it like a disease, or a curse, something to avoid for as long as possible. truly it strangles the soul to witness
not 2 exaggerate but the good place’s thesis of “if the modern pressures of life were removed, we would inherently seek out opportunities to learn and become better and kinder people” is a more interesting and valuable thing to say about society than anything that’s ever been said about cell phones
